Factfileon world chess champion Bobby Fischer, whodied in Iceland at the age of 64. * Fischer, born in Chicago, was the United States' first and only world chess champion, and is still seen by many......

Former world chess champion Bobby Fischerdied of an unspecified illness, a spokesman for the late champion said on Friday. He was 64. Fischer, who beat Russian Boris Spassky in 1972 to become world......